Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion
Centre for Civil Society
Development at LSE
Education Research Group (formerly Centre Educational Research)
Families and Children Research Group
LSE Health and Social Care
Mannheim Centre for Criminology
Non-Governmental Public Action Programme
Population at LSE

Introduction

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Degree programmes - Undergraduate and Postgraduate study in the Department.

New Modular Programme
MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management
The MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management has been designed to meet the needs of mid-career professionals who seek formal qualifications in health economics, policy and management but do not have the flexibility to participate in a traditional MSc program. More

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Information for Offer Holders (2009/10)

Research Scholars and Academic Visitors

Associated Centres and Institutes

Race Equality Statement

Department Diary 2008/9

Research and Assessment Exercise 2008
The social policy group within LSE is one of the largest in the UK, with an international reputation for excellence. Its work has earned it the top ranking of all UK institutions submitting research to the social policy unit of assessment in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. More

Government should guarantee parents a minimum amount of time with their children, says new research
The government should develop a ‘time poverty’ target for parents alongside the existing child poverty target if it is to secure the best outcomes for children, suggests the latest research from the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE.

‘The government’s strategy to tackle child poverty is based on getting more parents into paid work but this does not recognise that children need time as well as money’, said Dr Tania Burchardt, in her latest study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. More
 

Amina Adewusi, a final-year Social Policy undergraduate, discusses placements and internships and preparing for the job market in The Guardian article 'Are you experienced?' (15 November 2008).  More
 

Low-income families are now more able to work their way out of poverty
After two decades of falling social mobility, people are now more able to work their way out of poverty, according to a new report.

Researchers at the Centre for Economic Performance and Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE have found that wage mobility - how much a person's earnings change from year to year - has risen since 2000. Long-run inequality - the difference between how much the poorest and richest people earn over a number of years - has fallen. More
 

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